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  • A scholar in his study. Engraving by N.J. Voyez after G. Dou.
  • A scholar in his study. Engraving by N.J. Voyez after G. Dou.
  • Joseph Ignace Guillotin. Line engraving by Voyez, junior after J . M. Moreau, 1785 [?].
  • Joseph Ignace Guillotin. Line engraving by Voyez, junior after J . M. Moreau, 1785 [?].
  • Saint Gregory the Great: he prays for intercession against the plague. Engraving by N.J. Voyez, 1769, after C. van Loo.
  • A charitable lady visiting a sick man and his family: with a crest. Line engraving by N.J. Voyez, 1773, after C.D.J. Eisen.
  • Saint Gregory the Great: he holds up before a heretic woman the Host in which Christ crucified appears. Engraving by F. Voyez, 1769, after C. van Loo.
  • A soldier plays a drum as a man with a chained bear with its arms held back by an umbrella is making it dance to entertain the crowd. Lithograph by Benjamin Roubaud, 1833.
  • Diagram of a Hernia bandage on male subject
  • A tooth-drawer proudly holding up a tooth he has just extracted, the patient holding his face in the background. Mezzotint by Jan van der Bruggen after D. Teniers II, 167-.
  • Lame people, war victims and beggars receiving alms at a hospital. Etching after J. Callot.
  • A French wig-seller giving directions to an Englishman outside a wig shop in Paris. Coloured aquatint.
  • Hélène and Judith, conjoint twins known as The Hungarian Sisters. Line engraving by J. Chevillet after J. de Sève.
  • Astronomy: Galileo, after using the telescope on the bell-tower of St Mark's Square, Venice, demonstrates his findings to the Doge, 1609. Engraving by J. P. Le Bas after himself, 1739.
  • Saint Roch interceding with Christ for the plague victims in a lazaretto. Engraving by G.[?] Audran after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Saint Jerome. Etching by Guido Reni.
  • Maimed soldiers dragging themselves to a hospital. Etching, 1730, after Jacques Callot, ca. 1633.
  • A message that there is no risk of transmission of AIDS in the workplace illustrated by numerous photographs of low risk activities from sharing a mug to shaking hands; an advertisement by l'Agence de Prevention du SIDA Lutte contre l'Exclusion des Seropositifs. Lithograph.
  • Virginie giving a bowl of food to a starving black slave woman who has fled from her master. Engraving by E. Rouargue, 1824, after A. Desenne.
  • An itinerant young man is presenting a "boîte à curiosité" or magic lantern show to children and adults who are gathering around to look. Engraving by Noel Le Mire, 1752, after R. Brakenburg.
  • A seated Greek woman on an obstetrical stool being held in position by her husband while giving birth aided by a midwife, another attendant dresses the first baby. Line engraving by A. Tardieu after N. Maréchal.
  • A seated Greek woman on an obstetrical stool being held in position by her husband while giving birth aided by a midwife, another attendant dresses the first baby. Line engraving by A. Tardieu after N. Maréchal.
  • A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.
  • A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.